Good article , I have a loaded mag of .45acp in my bedside 1911 I feel like it is adequate to the task and its put a couple hundred down range with no problems, I can't afford to test a lot of hollowpoints at a buck a pop , I shot a box through it and it fed them all and went Bang, but I know that if I can ding a 8 inch circle at 15 yds offhand I can put one " between his pockets" in my house

Some of the different types of wadcutters. Keith Style wadcutter, Double Ended Wadcutter (DEWC), WFN wadcutter(wide flat nose), and the HBWC (hollow base wadcutter). I like them all, and there are many other shapes out there to choose from. These are the ones I like the best. The wider the meplet (the front end of the bullet), the less penetration you get. That's why Keith shaped his the way he did. His bullet created a large wound chanel, and yet gave more penetration than a DEWC, which created a larger wound chanel, but did not give the penetration that Keith was looking for.

My "house gun" has been loaded with 148 gr. DEWCs, cast from wheel weight alloy, over a stiff load of W231. I think I have good tissue damage with good penetration without bullets continuing beyond target (over penetration danger to neighbors)...

BTW: In the '80s hollow based wadcutters loaded backwards were the fad for reloaders until an article was written about how well they worked. Extensive testing showed that the wide "hollow point" would just collapse, some came apart/skirt tore off, or clog with clothing and act like a solid. Rarely did one open as expected (it had to be a straight on shot to bare gel). Of course I tried it and got so-so results (didn't use gel but wet newsprint), and most collapsed and came apart. Fair accuracy to 10 yards but shotgun type patterns beyond that.